| 139 | 1 Side of Gussets on Special Rib #5 | 6/5/2007 |
| | Found an hour to go out and put those gussets on the rib I prepared. Probably won't flip and do the other side till Thursday.
Man hours: 1 |
| 138 | Special Rib #5 Started | 6/3/2007 |
| | I fit all the pieces for the rib into the jig, sanded all the joints level, score-sanded all gussets and then sucked all the dust up with the shop vac. ...same as the last 34 ribs. I will end up with 36 ribs because I noticed slight humps in some of them and I felt compelled to do a better job. Today's rib is #35. I also steamed the top capstrip for the last rib. I wanted to glue side A but time ran out. As I picked gussets from each bin, and each little bundle was down to about 4 or 5, I remembered the 3 solid days making them and putting stackes of gussets 5 inches thick into each bin. I remember making almost 1000 gussets. Now they are nearly all in wing ribs, and eventually all the wing ribs will become a wing. While studying the empennage sheet I also noted that there are less pieces in each of the 5 sections of the empennage than in each wing rib. In this case the time will be spent setting up jigs, since each piece is unique. At least I can see progress and progress is good.
Man hours: 1.25 |
| 137 | Special Rib #4 First Gusset Set On | 6/2/2007 |
| | Gussets on. Don't know if I was too late to get them on in time to re-jig and do the other side tonight. That would help me get through another rib this weekend leaving the grand finale rib for some time during the week.
Man hours: 1 |
| 136 | Done With Special Rib #4 | 6/2/2007 |
| | While cleaning up the shop I looked up at the clock and noticed that it had been 7 hours since the first set of gussets were finished and the temperature in the shed was in the 80's all day. I decided to go ahead and move on to side 2. Now 2 ribs remain and only 1 capstrip needs to be steamed.
Man hours: 1 |
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| 135 | Special Rib #4 | 6/1/2007 |
| | With special ribs 1, 2 and 3 hanging on hooks awaiting final gusset trimming and sanding the pieces of #4 were set in the jig, level-sanded and ready for glue tomorrow.
Man hours: 1 |
| 134 | Special Rib #3 Done | 5/31/2007 |
| | Side 2 gussets on.
Man hours: 1 |
| 133 | 3rd Special Rib Gussets On | 5/29/2007 |
| | Just put first side of gussets on special rib #3.
Man hours: 0.75 |
| 132 | 2nd Special Rib Done | 5/28/2007 |
| | Applied side B gussets.
Man hours: 1 |